A Place to Sit - Meditation Center in Boulder

04/28/2026

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04/17/2026

Concise and elegant, as always, from Sakya Trichen

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03/28/2026

https://rubinmuseum.org/wrath-in-the-buddhist-tradition/

Defining Wrath through a Buddhist lens with Vajrayana teacher Gengye Yongyal Rinpoche. From the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art.

03/25/2026

April 24th, 2026
Update on fundraiser for community center in Havana - we have raised $500, which will go a long way to help. Thank you to all who have donated!

March 25th, 2026

Friends,

A Place to Sit has undertaken to send assistance to a community center in Havana, Cuba, during these times of duress.

Two people in our group had the opportunity about ten days ago to see first-hand the effect of the blockade on the Cuban people. They reported that there is no electricity about 22 hours a day. Garbage is piling up on the street corners, breeding disease. The roads are nearly empty; people can't get to work. Medical facilities and availability of staff are constricted. The country is being suffocated.

One taxi driver said, "Cubans are champions at survival." Nevertheless, they do need help and they are getting humanitarian aid from many corners of the world. We are joining in that effort.

As a footnote, community centers serve a function in Cuba unlike anything in the US. The country revolves around their services, which truly work; however, they are underfunded.

Our representatives had a chance to see and hear what one community center in Havana does for the neighborhood in which it sits. The center looks to American eyes like a parking lot with a few under-renovated buildings. Actually, the center houses 15 otherwise homeless children. They educate about 100 children, especially in the performing arts. They feed them all, plus, once a week all comers from the neighborhood out of a modest kitchen. They were recently donated four solar panels (without electrical storage capability), which provide some electricity during daylight, as well as cook pots, two pressure cookers, and children's clothing. The center runs a clinic with one skilled nurse, who works about 60 hours a week, packed with local patients, who have no other option for medical care. They need more medicines. The kids put on dances for visitors, and the sense of welcome was unmistakable.

Everyone in our group was deeply moved by their visit.

If you would like to offer a small donation, you may do so through our A Place to Sit website (https://www.aplacetosit.org/). Any amount helps. The money goes directly to services; there are no salaried employees and no bureaucracy in between.

With best wishes,
Dudley Jackson
President
The Vidyadhara Foundation (d/b/a A Place to Sit)

03/12/2026

Like the illusory face of this appearing world,
The movement of mind is not touched by artifice;
It is not altered by action, freedom, or realization.
To remain in the depths of mind free of reference
Is known as mahamudra.

17th Karmapa

from the book "Music In The Sky: The Life, Art, And Teachings Of The 17Th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje"

03/03/2026

Becoming a good human being ~ 17th Karmapa

It’s crucial for us to become good people. If we are not, then how could we say we’re Buddhist? We need to reflect: What kind of person am I? If you’re making a golden vase, first you have to see if the material is real gold. If it’s brass, then you’re not making a gold vase. To become a good Buddhist, you have to become a good human being. It doesn’t mean that you have no anger or jealousy, for example, but that you have decreased the negative emotions. Otherwise, it’s a sham: you have the name of a Buddhist, but have not transformed yourself. Nobody can change us. We have to talk to and instruct ourselves about the right way, then change will happen.

17th Karmapa

source: http://www.kagyumonlam.org/